Poem Category: Australian

Seen in Father’s eyes

so soon ! she leaves

her wedding.

Far horizon

in the breeze a magpie

pecks the scarecrow’s eye.

Mosquito

bringing the dog’s blood

into my sleep.

Homing pigeons

the eagle’s shape

out of the blue.

Sun blind

the mouse moves in and out

of the eagle’s eye.

Migrating south

between our boats , between our joys

more whales this year.

No answer …

on the glass table

the long chain on her house key.

Apple tree budding …

last year

hair to pull a comb through.

In meadow frost

the way the brumbies’ necks

cross each other.